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Serious A124 crash in Newham on 24 September 2018 at 00:25 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A124 in Newham at 00:25 on Monday 24 September 2018. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 2018
Monday, 00:25
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53189, longitude 0.048, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boleyn, Newham, E6 1EY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010134714
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
124
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018010134714 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2018.